GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Work is getting underway this week on state-funded repaving of parts of Michigan Street NE, and more stretches of the road are scheduled for construction later this year.

Here’s the plan:

• Using $1 million of additional road money allocated by state lawmakers, the city will strip off about 2 inches of existing pavement on Michigan between Barclay and Lafayette avenues and between Eastern and Fuller avenues and repave the road. Work is scheduled through Sept. 6. Nagel Construction, Inc. is the contractor.

• Michigan Paving & Materials Co., which currently is repaving part of Monroe Avenue NW, will do the same thing on Michigan between Lafayette and College avenues. Rick DeVries, assistant city engineer, said work should start after the Monroe job finishes up this month. The work is part of a $2.1 million contract that also includes the work on Monroe and repaving on stretches of Fuller Avenue and Burton Street. To go with a $1.2 million federal grant, Grand Rapids is spending $830,000 of streets money and $162,000 of Downtown Development Authority funds on the job.

• The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to take bids Sept. 5 for a repaving of Michigan between College and Eastern avenues. City streets monies are planned to cover about $400,000 of the estimated $580,000 cost.

• Concrete repairs currently underway on Michigan west of Barclay will continue westward toward Monroe after the Monroe repaving is finished, city engineers said.